On Jul 22, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Randy Dunlap wrote: > Do those variable names currently cause a problem? > They are not static, but they also are not exported symbols [EXPORT_SYMBOL()]. They are not exported and there are not currently warnings, but it struck me as inappropriate to have a device specific non-static variable named "devices". I guess it really might be better to fix later if an actual conflict arises. Thanks a lot for the note about maintainer reply behavior, I was a little anxious about sending, but now I'll wait to see what happens. Thanks, -Noah-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html